Alteryx Designer Desktop Discussions

Find answers, ask questions, and share expertise about Alteryx Designer Desktop and Intelligence Suite.
SOLVED

Adding number from relative cell to a column

mcconse
5 - Atom

Hi all,

 

I'm hoping someone can help me out. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

I have a large set of data set out in sections like below:

  

Column 1
10000
Text
Text
 

10001

Text

Text

 

10002

Text

Text

 

I need to figure out a way to move pull the number form the top of each data set into a new column like so:

 

New columnColumn 1
 10000
10000Text
10000Text
  
 

10001

10001

Text

10001

Text

  
 

10002

10002

Text

10002

Text

 

 

Thank you for any help/advice you can give!

3 REPLIES 3
KaneG
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Hi @mcconse,

 

You are looking for a Multi-row Formula tool. You will need some way of defining the header row. The below is the way I would do it. The part in Blue is the method to identify the Header and can be substituted for another way to identify the Header such as "Left([Column 1],1)=='1'" or something similar

 

IF REGEX_Match([Row-1:Column 1],'\d*')
THEN [Row-1:Column 1]
ELSEIF IsEmpty([Column 1])
THEN Null()
ELSE [Row-1:NewField]
ENDIF

Hakimipous
10 - Fireball

Hello 

 

Here is a workflow achieving what you want (under the assumption that your numbers start with a 1, otherwise can be adapted)

 

It's a bit longer than @KaneG's solution, but a bit simpler, as it uses basic IF loops

 

Let us know if that helps x)

mcconse
5 - Atom

Hi KaneG,

 

Thanks for the quick response! I believe this formula will work. I need to get a bit more sophisticated with the multi-row formula Regex function.

 

I'll give it a try!

 

Thank you! 

Labels